People v. Barron CA2/4

CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal
DecidedAugust 12, 2022
DocketB313396
StatusUnpublished

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Filed 8/12/22 P. v. Barron CA2/4 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FOUR

THE PEOPLE, B313396

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. TA084803) v.

TERRELL BARRON,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Connie R. Quiñones, Judge. Reversed and remanded with directions. Stanley Dale Radtke, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Assistant Attorney General, William H. Shin and Theresa A. Patterson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ____________________________

On April 23, 2006, appellant Terrell Barron, codefendant Tryon Larry Smith, and an unidentified man took property from two victims at gunpoint at a residential party and then drove away in a third victim’s truck. (See People v. Barron, et al. (June 30, 2008, B197621) [nonpub. opn.] [2008 Cal.App.Unpub.LEXIS 5271; 2008 WL 2568481, *1-2].) In 2006, a jury convicted Barron of one count of carjacking (Pen. Code, § 215, subd. (a), count 2),1 and two counts of robbery (§ 211, counts 3-4)).2 The jury found that each crime had been committed for the benefit of a street gang (§ 186.22, subd. (b)(1)), and that Barron personally used a firearm during the commission of the crimes (§ 12022.53, subd. (b)). Barron was sentenced to an aggregate term of 33 years 8 months to life in state prison, and this court affirmed the judgment on direct appeal. (People v. Barron (June 30, 2008, B197621) 2008 Cal.App.Unpub.LEXIS 5271 [nonpub. opn.] (Barron I).) In this appeal, which follows the trial court’s attempt to correct an unauthorized sentence, the parties contend and we agree (as explained below) that Barron is entitled to a remand and new sentencing hearing in which the court must again correct Barron’s unauthorized sentence. In light of that conclusion—and consistent with our high court’s recent decision in People v. Padilla (2022) 13 Cal.5th 152, 163 (Padilla)—we further agree with Barron that his judgment of conviction is not final for purposes of determining whether (1) Assembly Bill No. 124 (2021-2022 Reg. Sess.; Stats. 2021, ch. 695) (AB 124) [setting the low term as the presumptive sentencing term for youthful offenders or those who have experienced childhood trauma] and (2) Assembly Bill No. 333 (2021–2022 Reg. Sess.; Stats. 2021, ch. 699, §§ 1–5) (AB 333) [altering the proof requirements for gang enhancements

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

2 Barron was tried alongside codefendant Tryon Larry Smith, who is not a party to this appeal.

2 under § 186.22] retroactively apply to his case.3 We therefore vacate the gang enhancement findings and vacate Barron’s sentence. Upon remand, the People may elect to retry the gang enhancements under AB 333’s new requirements. If the People elect not to try the gang enhancements, then Barron shall be resentenced in a manner consistent with this opinion and applicable law.4

BACKGROUND As previously noted, the jury convicted Barron of one count of carjacking and two counts of second degree robbery.5 Specifically—and as

3 In a recent letter to this court, respondent withdrew its request for oral argument and stated that in light of Padilla it was withdrawing its contention that the presumption under In re Estrada (1965) 63 Cal.2d 740, 745 (that ameliorative legislation applies to non-final judgments) only applies to non-final judgments but not “reopened” judgments. Respondent further concedes that “AB 124 and AB 333 apply retroactively to [Barron’s] case.”

4 In light of our conclusion, we need not consider Barron’s alternative contention that he was denied his right to counsel at the resentencing hearing and that the court erred in failing to allow him to present evidence relevant to his unauthorized sentence. (People v. Yanaga (2020) 58 Cal.App.5th 619, 625 [noting that “‘when a case is remanded for resentencing after an appeal, the defendant is entitled to “all the normal rights and procedures available at his original sentencing” [citations], including consideration of any pertinent circumstances which have arisen since the prior sentence was imposed’”]; People v. Rouse (2016) 245 Cal.App.4th 292, 297 [defendant is entitled to assistance of counsel when a sentence is vacated on appeal and remanded for a new sentencing hearing].)

5 This court granted Barron’s motions to augment the record with various portions of the record from his direct appeal in case No. B197621, which was a joint appeal from Barron and codefendant Smith. We have utilized the prior appellate record and the record in this appeal to recite the foregoing background.

3 provided in its verdict forms—on count 2, the jury found Barron guilty of carjacking (§ 215, subd. (a)), and found true the allegations that Barron had personally used a firearm (§ 12022.53, subd. (b)). The jury further found that the “offense was committed for the benefit of, at the direction of and in association with a criminal street gang with the specific intent to promote, further or assist in criminal conduct by gang members within the meaning of . . . section 186.22(b)(1)(A).”6 On counts 3 and 4, the jury found appellant guilty of second degree robbery (§ 211), and found true the personal use of a firearm enhancement (§ 12022.53, subd. (b)) and the gang enhancement (§ 186.22, subd. (b)(1)(A)). In its sentencing memorandum, the prosecution stated that the jury had found the gang enhancement in count 2 true under section 186.22, subdivision (b)(1)(C), rather than subdivision (b)(1)(A). In addition, the prosecution requested sentencing pursuant to subdivision (b)(4)(B) of section 186.22—though that subdivision was neither alleged in the information nor found true by the jury. Subdivision (b)(4)(B) provides for an indeterminate

6 The information alleged the gang enhancements pursuant to section 186.22, subdivision (b)(1)(C), but the verdicts referenced section 186.22, subdivision (b)(1)(A). Section 186.22, subdivision (b)(1) provides: “Except as provided in paragraphs (4) and (5), any person who is convicted of a felony committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with any criminal street gang, with the specific intent to promote, further, or assist in any criminal conduct by gang members, shall, upon conviction of that felony, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony . . . of which he or she has been convicted, be punished as follows: “(A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), the person shall be punished by an additional term of two, three, or four years at the court’s discretion. [¶] . . . [¶] “(C) If the felony is a violent felony, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 667.5, the person shall be punished by an additional term of 10 years.”

4 term of life imprisonment with a minimum term of 15 years.7 The prosecution also requested the imposition of an additional 10 years on count 2 for the firearm enhancement (§ 12022.53, subd. (b)). After reviewing the prosecution’s sentencing memorandum, on February 15, 2007, the court called the matter for a sentencing hearing. During the hearing, the court stated that on count 2, the jury had found “the special allegations of 186.22(b)(4) . . .

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